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if we don't resign damon I think we could package youk and a couple other players to minnesota for torii hunter.

I know we don't really have much in terms of value except Lester, and he is off limits. but I can't help but think of that nasty rotation: Schilling Beckett Zito Wake Papelbon/Clement Beane wont let Zito hurt him though, same thing with mulder and hudson, if zito gets traded it will be to the nl. Plus beane would want lester or papelbon for sure.

Loaiza joins Zito, Harden, Haren and Blanton in rotation OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Oakland Athletics and free-agent right-hander Esteban Loaiza agreed Monday to a three-year contract worth $21,375,000, adding an experienced pitcher to a starting rotation that already includes Barry Zito and Rich Harden. The deal includes a 2009 club option on Loaiza, a 12-game winner with the Washington Nationals last season. His victories total was the second-best in the 33-year-old Loaiza's 11-year major league career -- he won 21 games for the Chicago White Sox in 2003. Loaiza joins a team that has almost its entire roster returning from last season, when the A's failed to reach the playoffs for the second straight year. Oakland had a 91-win season in 2004 and 88 victories this year. After a slow start by its young rotation, Oakland pitched well down the stretch thanks to impressive performances by rookie Joe Blanton and Danny Haren, a 14-game winner in his first full season as a starter. Loaiza was 12-10 with a 3.77 ERA in 34 starts last season, striking out 173 and walking 55 batters in 217 innings. A two-time All-Star, he bounced back from a 1-4 start this year to go 11-6 with a 3.86 ERA in his 23 outings after June 1. Loaiza's deal includes a $3 million signing bonus with a spread-out payment schedule and yearly salaries of $5 million, $6 million and $7 million. The A's have a $7.5 million option for 2009 with a $375,000 buyout. Manager Ken Macha, who parted ways with the team briefly after the season before signing a new deal, was pleased with how well Oakland performed with such a young roster. The A's also dealt with injuries to shortstop Bobby Crosby and No. 2 starter Harden, who took on a greater role after the team traded Tim Hudson and Mark Mulder during a three-day span last December. Loaiza has a 112-99 career record and a 4.60 ERA in 334 games, 297 starts. His 112 wins are second most in major league history by a Mexican-born pitcher to Fernando Valenzuela's 173. Loaiza joins his seventh team after breaking into the big leagues with Pittsburgh in 1995. He also played for Texas, Toronto, the White Sox, the New York Yankees and Washington.

51 points

how about nixon, clement for abreu....fox sports came out with that idea.

there goes my dreams off wagner coming and foulke going.

If any of the Foulke rumors are true....and we get Shields in return..... BP: Long: Arroyo/DiNardo Lefty Specialist: Myers Mid-Relief: Bradford/Otsuka Mota/Delcarmen/Hansen Set-Up: Timlin & Shields Closer: Wagner -Hopefully Mota puts it back together after a rough year but either way I can't wait until Delcarmen and Hansen establish permanent (and hopefully long-term) spots in this pen. - Timlin is getting up there so Shields sharing the set-up load could do wonders for both....if we don't sign Wagner I wouldn't mind seeing Shields close until Hansen is ready. Shields has some NASTY stuff.

we could probably get adrian gonzalez for shoppach or arroyo. Youk would still be here, he would just platoon with another 1B. I agree that we should not trade Youk and let him grow here.

but not against the Yankees...of course. back to the byrd issue, I'm sure Lee Mazzone being there will factor into his decision. He's in his mid-thirties, and he has a decent ERA. But 10-13 Million does seem a bit on the high side.

i think that's is batting order

why not? Giles and Matsui could both alternate between CF and LF.

ESPN Radio said the Yanks made a trade to get Pierre for Melky Cabrera but then came back on later to say it was really the Cubs. Anyways, the trade is officially complete now. http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2005/11/juan_pierre_to__2.html

I always wrote "per rotoworld" under it, but I didn't this time cause I thought it was kind of obvious.

The only reason Notre Dame might get it will be when the money issue comes into play.

Notre Dame lost AT HOME to Michigan State? Does that not count? Oregon's ONLY loss was to USC. And they didn't play a tougher schedule. Maybe about the same, but not tougher. They both played Washington, USC, and Stanford. Other than those games: Notre Dame played no team with a current record of more than 6 wins. And out of their 8 games, 5 teams currently have losing records. That includes 1-10 Syracuse. Oregon beat 8-3 Fresno State and 7-4 Cal, and only played two teams with losing records. Other than Washington (who they both played), the worst team on Oregon's schedule was Arizona -- and Arizona throttled UCLA.

Ohio State is almost a lock. So,that leaves Oregon and Notre Dame. Not who would you like to see get it, but who deserves to get it?

what do you think we'd have to give up to get tracy? my list of first basemen: 1t. tracy 1t. konerko 2. gonzalez 3. overbay 4. Erstad

According to the Boston Globe, the Red Sox are trying to get the Angels and Dodgers interested in David Wells, in part to get the Padres to move quickly. The Red Sox probably want both Akinori Otsuka and Dave Roberts for Wells, which is more than the Padres are currently willing to pay. San Diego is certainly in no hurry to get a deal done. With Vinny Castilla in town, how much more help can they need?

yeah that was crazy, wasn't he like the 28th shooter?

just thought I'd start on official thread on the 1st basemen situation http://redsox.bostonherald.com/redSox/view.bg?articleid=114191&format=text

The Seibu Lions will allow right-handed reliever Shinji Mori to make a switch to MLB via the posting system, the team announced. Mori, 31, was named the Pacific League's best setup man in 2002 and 2003, but he had a subpar 4.22 ERA last season. It's unclear how much interest there will be in him. The Dodgers, Yankees, and Cardinals have already shown interest.

call me crazy, but I would actually prefer to get Adrian Gonzalez instead.

The Yankees have yet to make John Flaherty an offer, and the New York Post believes he could leave for St. Louis, Philadelphia or Washington. He must not be ready for reitrement yet. If Flaherty goes, the Yankees could try to sign Todd Pratt -rotoworld

Miguel Batista has now become trade bait. Not being a Blue Jays fan, I'm looking at their roster and am saying to myself that they ought to invest in a quality bat to put behind Vernon Wells or else having such a dominant closing pitcher may not make much of a difference, since they may not be able to give him the ball as often as they'd like to. They need to get another quality hitter to help put some runs on the board to give B.J. Ryan the ball in the 9th inning.

I can't ever recall seeing a closer or any reliever getting 5 years, is that what it costs to get people to toronto?